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GuestyR33

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GuestyR33 Experienced

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Hey everyone.

Today when i was attempting to bolt on my new high mount turbo manifold which i had made a while

back, i discovered the people that made it to suit my car, snapped one of the threaded rods in the engine.

another one looks like they've gone at it with a grinder. cut bout 3mm of it back. wtf? And theres a third one

that just missing all together. i dare not to ask. lol

Long story short, i need to drill it out i guess. Who can i get to do that? And how much will it cost?

I was thinking bout taking them all out and just using bolts rather than the threaded rods with nuts.

Is that ok to do?

Also i bought a greddy plenum for my r33 rb25det, with the q45 throttle body, but i need to get the 4 bolts to fix the tb to the plenum. Where's the best place to get these.

Some days, cars are just frustrating, lol.

Thanks peoples.

Guesty

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HRthirtyone Rising Star

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dude im guessing your talking about the exhaust manifold studs. These always break. Here in Adelaide there is a dude called captain thread who is a mobile thread specialist who comes over and gets em out. You need to do the same thing. While your at it, replace all 12 of the old studs with the new, should only be around $2-3 ea.

what ever you do, dont have a crack at it with an easy out stud remover and snap that off in the broken stud

broken studs ALWAYS cause manifold leaks on these engines, and affect spool up time and performance in general.

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A mobile stud fixer.

wat a great idea.

Im in melboure, eastern suburbs though.

Doubt he'll want to drive to my house.

Especially with today's petrol prices. lol

Can anyone suggest one in melbourne?

I'll get them all done. may as well.

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There's one or two in every state. Someone will know your one. Just put a thread in the vic section asking for the mobile thread repair guy or whatever.

I have to say I dissagree with them ALWAYS causing problems, leaking etc. If you can't here it leaking (ticking sound) then don't bother.

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